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Geek and nerd Joe D has in the past studied genetics, molecular and cell biology, worked in cancer research, and made contemptuous amounts of money from incompetently composed photographs. The views expressed on this weblog are not his own; rather, he stole them from you through mind invasion.
Tag Archives: london
AWWTM: In pictures: Britain’s once proud stations
A petrol station on Clerkenwell Road has been turned into a cinema. This is a disaster; an act of war on the Motorist that must be condemned. The BBC’s Andrew Sully explains why this epidemic of sudden garage death should … Continue reading
AWWTM: Final reminder: Congestion Charge consultation
TfL’s consultation on proposed changes to the Congestion Charge ends today. This is your final chance to send in your comments. Briefly, the notable proposed changes are these: Abolish the Western Extension Zone (WEZ) — the section in Kensington and … Continue reading
AWWTM: Bike Hire: the bikes are just the start of the process
Over at At War With The Motorist I consider what the effects of the London Bike Hire scheme will be — how the bikes will be used, and how they will change London. The conclusion is that they should make … Continue reading
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Tagged bike hire, cycling, drunk cycling, london, taxis
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AWWTM: Catch up with recent posts
Last week, a quick dig at crap websites trying to promote discounts for the Rube Goldberg railfares system. And a review of a crap cycle path through Southwark Park. And from the weekend, an exclusive exposure of the leftist conspiracy … Continue reading
AWWTM: Parliament Square
As the “democracy village” are turfed out of their camp in the scorched and smelly square outside the home of democracy, I take the opportunity to review one of central London’s least impressive locations, an isolated and inaccessible grass and … Continue reading
Cotch: Victory Flashmob
With Section 44 stop-and-search found to be in contravention of the declaration of human rights this week, the people of Photographer Not A Terrorist organised a victory flashmob at New Scotland Yard. For pictures, and to find out what it … Continue reading
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Tagged bad policies, london, new scotland yard, photographer not a terrorist, photography, politics, protest, sigma1020, stop-and-search, uk, westminster
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AWWTM: When you start paying road tax…
London’s authorities are to be fined £300 million for failing to prevent the serious air pollution that we’re experiencing. More importantly, an estimated 4-5,000 people will die prematurely this year because of the city’s polluted air. But nobody seems quite … Continue reading
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Tagged boris johnson, congestion charge, london, low emission zone, mayor of london, politics, polution, tax, taxis
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AWWTM: What point are you trying to make, mate?
I done a Critical Mass. Critical Mass provokes some interesting responses from people who are sure they know what it’s all about, and sure they disagree with that. But when you bring the best part of a thousand people together … Continue reading
At War With The Motorist: Superhighways
On At War With The Motorist, a short review of the London “cycle superhighways”, after a quick go on “CS3″. They’re exactly what you’d expect from the sort of “super” infrastructure that can be installed for pennies within a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged bristol, crap cycleways, cycle superhighways, infrastructure, london, tower hamlets
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At War With The Motorist: posts this week
A flurry of new posts this week to launch the blog that all the kids are already calling AWWTM: On Tuesday, In pictures: Bollard collides with motor vehicle, an introductory post to a series that will discuss the complicated role … Continue reading
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Tagged bollards, london, oxford street, river thames, tower bridge, war on the motorist
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Cotch: Grant Museum to close
Matt Brown reports that the awesome Grant Museum of Zoology is to close on July 1st. The Grant Museum is a hidden gem. It’s tiny, and shoved away somewhere deep within the labyrinths of UCL, between Totenham Court Road and … Continue reading
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Tagged good locations, grant museum of zoology, locations, london, museums, photography, uk, zoology
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Cotch: Law In Action: Owning Your Image
A quick review of this week’s Law In Action on Radio 4, which looked at photography and the law — particularly jobsworth office managers who think it’s their job to harass people, and other police initiatives that lack any credible … Continue reading
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Tagged law, london, photography, politics, radio 4, reviews
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Cotch: Happy birthday, Millennium Bridge
Today is the tenth birthday of London’s Millennium Bridge, a much loved modern Thames crossing, and a symbol of London’s improving centre and riverside environments. Find out more about the structure in this celebratory photo essay at cotch dot net.
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Tagged good locations, locations, london, millennium bridge, photography, structures, uk
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Cotch: May Day
May Day is a day of traditions, a day of marching with banners and dancing around the May Pole, dressing up as trees and casting adrift flower boats. It’s a day of looking silly and causing a disturbance. A day … Continue reading
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Tagged events, london, may day, music, photography, politics
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Cotch: Neighbourhood
A pair of weekend mini-photo essays on spring walks around the skyscrapers and scruffy pubs of south and east London. Part 1, here, part 2, here.
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Tagged docklands, east london, good locations, locations, london, photo essays, photography, uk
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